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Method for characterizing a magnetic-recording system for the presence of adjacent-track interference and far-track interference

US8120866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 2009
Grant dateFeb 21, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/09
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for characterizing a magnetic-recording system for the presence of adjacent-track interference and far-track interference. The method includes writing a plurality of repeating pulse-waveforms on a data track of a magnetic-recording disk at a write element of a magnetic-recording head. The method further includes reading a plurality of read-back signals from the magnetic-recording disk over a band of pseudo-data tracks offset from the data track by corresponding pseudo-data-track offsets in a radial direction of the magnetic-recording disk at a read element of the magnetic-recording head. In addition, the method includes displaying a magnetic-recording-signature map synthesized from the read-back signals from the magnetic-recording disk.

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